Mike Gerwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 17:43:05 +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Jean Louis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> GNU project does not discriminate by gender, or other classes, neither >>> verifies genders of contributors, or their classes, as everybody is welcome >>> to contribute >> >> To the best of my knowledge, thatʼs completely untrue: major GNU subprojects >> do discriminate contributors by classes: if a contributor-to-be happens to >> be an employee, FSF does not trust his words about origin of his >> contribution, he has to bring a reference from his employer. >> >> Speaking frankly, even if we put aside how time-consuming it may be, itʼs >> hard for me to imagine what can be more degrading and thus ‘alienating’ to >> someone, than a straightaway demand to prove that he is not a liar. > > This is a legal issue and has nothing to do with discrimination.
Why do you say that as if discrimination cannot be a legal issue? (In fact, sexual discrimination is sometimes a legal issue, discrimination of minors is almost always is a legal issue, discrimination of foreign citizens is a purely legal issue.) In any case, by all means it has to do: | discrimination (countable and uncountable, plural discriminations) | | 3. (sometimes discrimination against) Distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit — https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discrimination#English > I had to have my employer sign one of those waivers. The purpose is to put > my contributions on solid legal ground. No need to convince me that it has a good purpose. I never supposed, that it is groundless, only that: a) being magnified in public mind, it contribute more to reputation of GNU as an unwelcoming place than vague “not feel at ease” stuff; and b) claim that “GNU welcomes contributions from all and everyone” while this issue is unresolved might be perceived as hypocrisy and make things even worse.
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